De Innovation in Democracy Conference: An overview of the last congress day from Arantzazu

The last day of the Conference on Innovation in Democracy has arrived. On the third day, the conference offered the opportunity to delve deeper into the design for innovation in democracy and to get to know different designs and projects. Deliberative democracy, the activation of society and the transformation of governments were the main themes…

Innovation in Democracy Conference: An overview of the second congress day from Arantzazu

Troughout the second congress day in Arantzazu, the main themes were innovation in democracy and digital technologies. To analyse the interaction between them, Paolo Gerbaudo, from the Complutense University of Madrid, under the title ‘The plebiscitary democracy of reactions on social networks’. n his presentation, he referred to reactive democracy in social networks in order to…

Innovation in Democracy Conference: An overview of the opening day

This Wednesday afternoon, in a stormy atmosphere, the Conference on Innovation in Democracy organised by Arantzazulab began at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao. This year’s event was the first of its kind, with the theme “Innovation and Design to Strengthen Democracy”. The event was attended by Ion Muñoa (Secretary General for Communication and Social Innovation,…

Visit to Arantzazulab by the President of the Basque Government, Imanol Pradales, to learn about our strategic lines in the innovation of democracy

It was an honour to welcome the President of the Basque Government (Lehendakari), Imanol Pradales, to Gandiaga Topagunea, the headquarters of Arantzazulab. On 9th September, the day of Arantzazu, Naiara Goia, Managing Director of Arantzazulab, was in charge of welcoming the Lehendakari on his visit to Gandiaga Topagunea. The Lehendakari visited the facilities and premises…

Promoting Deliberative Democracy in the Basque Country

In 2021 we began our journey of exploring and deepening Deliberative Democracy in Arantzazulab. Since then, we have collaborated with different actors at local and international levels. To this end, we have carried out various initiatives, including: the design and implementation of two Citizens‘ Assemblies (in Tolosa and Gipuzkoa); participation in the design of the…

The Town Council of Tolosa continues to update on the progress made to implement the 14 recommendations made by the Citizens’ Assembly

‘Emotional Health and Well-being’ was the public challenge that the Tolosa Citizens’ Assembly addressed, the first process of citizen deliberation in the municipality that has significantly involved citizens in public decision-making. It was on 17 December 2022 that the members of the Assembly presented their 14 recommendations on the proposed challenge to the Tolosa City…

This year we joined the Governance Futures network, a group of organisations and individuals working on Democracy Innovation around the world

Written by Ione Ardaiz Osacar. This week we participated in the annual gathering to reflect on the knowledge we are developing in our contexts and to connect all the lessons learned. On the first day, different participants we were asked to share about our context and our work to kick-off the conversations. From Arantzazulab we…

Arantzazulab translates into Basque the international guide on advanced knowledge for the design and implementation of Citizens’ Assemblies

Arantzazulab has signed a collaboration agreement with DemocracyNext with the aim of disseminating and developing knowledge on Deliberative Democracy. DemocracyNext is an independent, non-profit research and action institute. On the basis of the signed agreement, the first collaborative work consisted on translating the guide for the Design and Implementation of Citizens’ Assemblies into Basque, the…

We have kicked-off the Basque Public Institutions Missions Meeting Space, a space to build capabilities and knowledge for transformation

The aim of the Basque Public Institutions Missions Meeting Space is to generate knowledge and disseminate mission-based innovation in Basque public institutions. It has been promoted by Arantzazulab together with the innovation stakeholders Apitropik, Maraka and Ko-garri. The current social challenges also affect public institutions. Thus, the need to rethink public institutions is a…

The fourth year of the co-creation ecosystem begins!

Four years ago, the co-creation ecosystem was launched. In 2021 we had the first meetings and sessions of the ecosystem; in 2022 two experiments were developed between different local actors and their knowledge was incorporated into the ecosystem; in 2023 we started working under an ecosystemic approach and five working groups were activated. This year…